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Sarah Lewis, a 34-year-old pregnant mother of three, was shot and killed by her husband, 31-year-old Keith Lewis, before he turned the gun on himself. Lewis was a combat medic for the Special Operations Command. The crime took place in Fayetteville, NC.
Keith Lewis was pronounced dead at the scene when police officers arrived on the scene, just after 7 p.m. on Sunday evening. His pregnant wife was rushed to a local hospital with three gunshot wounds where she, and her unborn baby, later died.
The couple’s three-year-old daughter was present during the shooting but was not injured. She is in the care of other family members.
Sarah Lewis, 34, who was due to give birth to their fourth child on
Christmas Day, before taking his own life. Police said the man shot at his wife ‘several times’ before shooting himself.
Sarah was rushed to the hospital where she and her unborn daughter, who the couple had planned to name Isabella, later died.
Authorities say the couple’s three-year-old daughter had been home at the time of the shooting but was not harmed. She is now in the care of her other relatives.
Fired 20 rounds
Fort Bragg said Lewis enlisted in the U.S. Army in Sept. 2007 and served as a Special Operations combat medic.
Police said 31-year-old Keith Lewis shot his pregnant wife 34-year-old Sarah Lewis at a Fayetteville apartment on Sunday night.
When police arrived at the home in the 900 block of Willow Street, they found Keith dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Sarah was taken to the hospital. Early Monday morning, Fayetteville police said she and the unborn baby had died.
Sarah was a paramedic with Harnett County Emergency Services. Sarah had an infectious smile and was a light everywhere she went, a post on the Harnett County Emergency Services Facebook page said.
Keith was a staff sergeant originally from Sarasota, Florida, a spokesperson said on Tuesday.
Sergeant Keith Lewis, 31, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Sunday night
Lewis was a member of the Army Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Police say Lewis fatally shot his pregnant wife Sarah Lewis, 34, who was due to give birth to their fourth child on Christmas Day, at their Fayettville home
He then turned the gun on himself after officers arrived at the scene
Sarah s relatives say her husband had suffered from PTSD and had threatened his wife in the past